Credit bearing module in Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for Nurses and Midwives

Program Overview

This Independent and Supplementary Prescribing course equips NMC-registered healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills to prescribe safely and effectively. Through a combination of taught content, e-learning, and supervised practice, the course assesses students against the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Competency Framework for Prescribers. Successful graduates will be accountable for providing a high standard of care as independent or supplementary prescribers.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This Independent and Supplementary Prescribing course will provide NMC registered nurses (adult, mental health, learning disability and children’s); midwives; and specialist community public health nurses with the knowledge and skills required to practise as safe, effective and competent independent and supplementary prescribers, who are able to provide and be accountable for a high professional standard of care and be accountable for that care.

Assessment:

The assessment strategy for this course is designed to assess the professional requirements for safe, effective and cost-effective prescribing and enable the students to demonstrate competency against the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (2021) A Competency Framework for all Prescribers. Coursework consists of:

• Learning Log of Prescribing Evidence (mapped to RPS competencies, 2021)
• Personal formulary from within the individual practitioner’s scope of practice
• Evidence of satisfactory completion of a period of 80 hours of educationally led supervised practice
• Pharmacology in-class test
• Numeracy in-class test

Teaching:

The course introduces pharmacology, legal and ethical prescribing, interpersonal skills and quality assurance aspects of prescribing. These are underpinned by reflection on your own experience, evaluation of your own performance and application of theory to practice. It also enables you to be aware of current developments within Independent/ Supplementary prescribing in the UK. This course consists of both taught content and e-learning activities. The taught days take the form of a range of lectures, discussions and tutorials. The e-learning activities are accessed via the Virtual Learning Environment. Students are also required to complete a minimum of 80 hours of direct supervised practice alongside a practice supervisor/assessor. The period of educationally-led practice is a fundamental part of the course in developing the knowledge, skills and attitudes of health care professionals to prescribe. Learning in practice will be related to the medical conditions and circumstances in which you are likely to prescribe as an Independent / Supplementary Prescriber. The assessment of practice is the responsibility of the Practice Assessor with feedback from Practice Supervisors providing support, teaching and supervision of the student. Evidence gained from the student’s practice experience will be included in the Learning Log of Prescribing Evidence.

Other:

This course is not available to students classed as International for fees purposes.

| Fees | Cost (GBP)| | ----------- | ----------- | | Tuition Fees (CPD Home (UK) Part time)| £2,000 per module (standalone) or £2,200 per module (award bearing course)| | Tuition Fees (CPD Home (UK) Part time)| £2,000 per module (standalone) or £2,310 per module (award bearing course)|